Maurice Ville (30 October 1900 – 12 April 1982) was a French

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

. He rode in the

1924 Tour de France The 1924 Tour de France was the 18th edition of the Tour de France and was won by Ottavio Bottecchia. He was the first Italian cyclist to win the Tour and the first rider to hold the yellow jersey the entire event. The race was held over 5,425&n ...

, where he finished 2nd in stages 1 and 2, but dropped out on the 3rd stage. He also won the

1923 Volta a Catalunya The 1923 Volta a Catalunya was the fifth edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 31 May to 3 June 1923. The race started and finished in Barcelona. The race was won by Maurice Ville. Route and stages General classificat ...

and finished 2nd in the

1924 Paris–Roubaix The 1924 Paris–Roubaix was the 25th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 6 April 1924 and stretched from Paris to its end in a velodrome in Roubaix. The winner was Jules ...

Major results

;1923 : 1st MaillotVolta

Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...

::1st Stages 1, 2 & 4 : 1st Stage 1 Critérium du Midi : 1st Stage 2 Paris–Saint-Étienne : 2nd Circuit des villes d'eaux d'Auvergne ;1924 : 1st

Tour du Vaucluse The Tour du Vaucluse ''(Tour of the Vaucluse)'' is a former cycling race, held in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. From 1923 until 1960 it was organized as a one-day race finishing in Cavaillon Cav ...

: 2nd

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Monuments' or classics of the ...

: 2nd Overall Criterium des Aiglons : 5th

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, ...

;1927 : 1st Stage 1

;1928 : 1st Paris–Contres

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* 1900 births 1982 deaths French male cyclists Sportspeople from Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis Cyclists from Île-de-France {{France-cycling-bio-1900s-stub